Understanding Gain-of-Function Research: Implications of Trump’s 2025 Executive Order
In a decisive move aimed at preventing future pandemics, President Donald Trump signed an executive order on May 5, 2025, significantly restricting federal funding for gain-of-function research. This controversial field of scientific study, which has gained heightened public attention since the COVID-19 pandemic, involves the deliberate enhancement of pathogens to increase their transmissibility, virulence, or…